Tag: University of Washington

  • Ina Ray Hutton rose to fame in the 1930s and was known as blonde bombshell of rhythm. But she had a secret that could have damaged her stardom.

  • I am excited to continue working on my dissertation that describes innovative writing practices in contemporary Afro-German literature. My project focuses on rhetorical, intertextual and aesthetic strategies as creative devices for a diasporic literary history. My analysis includes fictional/non-fictional texts comprised of Afro-German poetry and autobiographies…

  • Study provides insight into children’s race and gender identities UW Today University of Washington 2016-11-15 Deborah Bach Children’s knowledge and use of race and gender labels have been well-explored by researchers, but how kids think about their own identities in those contexts, especially before adolescence, is less clear. A new study from the University of…

  • What’s the Difference with “Difference”? University of Washington Kane Hall, Room 120 4069 Spokane Lane Seattle, Washington 98105 2016-01-14, 19:30 PST (Local Time) Ralina L. Joseph, Associate Professor Department of Communication (also adjunct associate professor in the Departments of American Ethnic Studies and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies) University of Washington Language is power. The…

  • New UW center to encourage race, diversity dialogue The Seattle Times 2015-07-12 Katherine Long, Seattle Times higher education reporter Ralina Joseph is the new director of the University of Washington’s Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times) A new center at the University of Washington aims to help people figure out…

  • UW communication professor unveils new book about race The Daily of the University of Washington 2013-02-07 LaVendrick Smith Ralina Joseph discusses her book cover art at “Troubling the Family and Transcending Blackness” held at the UW bookstore. Photo by Dario Nanbu Race, reality, and pop culture collide in a new book written by one UW…

  • Multiracial Subject Theory: Lessons in Organizational Praxis University of Washington 2011 180 pages Publication Number: AAT 3472097 ISBN: 9781124842813 Claire Elizabeth Fraczek A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Washington This dissertation investigates racial complexities in higher education through three distinct papers in which…

  • How Scuffletown Became Indian Country: Political Change and Transformations in Indian identity in Robeson County, North Carolina, 1865-1956 University of Washington 2008 267 pages Publication Number: AAT 3328369 ISBN: 9780549817246 Anna Bailey A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy According to census reports, there were no…

  • NEA grant and UW book contract awarded for War Baby/Love Child Laura Kina 2011-11-22 Laura Kina, Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University  A National Endowment for the Arts – 2012 Art Works Grant has been awarded to a project for which I am the primary investigator (aka project…